The next day, it was early again. Yan Jingwen took Li Hao and rushed to Mingxue Hall for morning classes. This is the practice of Qingtan Academy. All academy students need to come in the morning and read articles loudly. Firstly, they come to give students

Students develop good habits, and secondly, they read classics aloud in the morning when their minds are clearest to review the past and learn new things.

After the morning class ended, Yan Jingwen took Li Hao to a table and introduced him: "This is Yan Fu, your senior brother." Then he said to Yan Fu: "This is Li Hao,

He is the teacher's new disciple. He came to the academy yesterday and is now living with me."

Yan Fu was a little surprised at first, but after hearing this, he replied: "It turns out to be my junior brother. I heard about you when I went to visit the teacher before and said that you have a photographic memory. Since we are classmates, if anything happens in the future

, you can come to me, senior brother, to help you solve it."

After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "Okay, senior brother." But at this time, Li Hao was only thinking about things in the academy and didn't care. But later he learned that Yan Fu was the son of Yan Jing, the current transfer envoy of Huainan East Road.

Only then did I realize that this senior brother could indeed solve many things. After all, he was a provincial cadre in later generations, and in this era he was also considered a frontier official.

Yan Fu then stood up and said, "Let's go have breakfast together. After eating, we will go to the Jingzhai Hall to find the teacher."

Then the three of them went to the dining hall. The breakfast in the academy was also simple, almost the same as at Li Hao's home. During the meal, Li Hao also made a special observation. The basic clothes for eating in the dining hall were very simple. They should all be from poor families.

Disciples, rich and well-dressed young men like his eldest brother are rarely seen in the dining hall. However, they all have servants, and they should have bought food from outside, and they will not come to the dining hall.

.Looking at it this way, it seemed that Yan Fu was a bit special. After finishing the meal, the three of them went to the Jingzhai Hall together.

In the Jingzhai Hall, Master Qin was already sitting high on the top, and three seats were placed below. There were also pens, inks, papers and inkstones placed on them. The three of them quickly said hello to Master, and then Yan Fu and Li Hao went over and sat down.

Hao then went to the remaining seat and sat down.

After watching others sit firmly, Master Qin said: "Yan Fu, you are going to take the provincial examination this year. Today, you will choose one question from each of the four books and write four chapters on the classics and meanings. As for the Jingwen essay, you can take the children's examination next year.

, it’s not difficult for you to learn it with your talent. After passing the child examination, you have to prepare to take the next provincial examination, so in addition to doing scriptures and meanings in the next few days, you can’t let go of poems and verses."

Then he said to Li Hao: "You have a gift of photographic memory, and it will not be difficult for you to follow the scriptures. But you need to work hard to understand the meaning of the scriptures and make current policies and essays. Read the book a hundred times and you will see its meaning.

Even if you can memorize it fluently, you should recite it often. Now that you are still young, you are not in a hurry to take the imperial examination, but to slowly understand the principles in the book. I will teach you the Filial Piety Classic in the next few days."

Then he asked Yan Fu and Yan Jingwen to compose, and then took out the book and explained the principles of the book to Li Hao. The following days were also day after day, Qin Fuzi would always continue to write based on the different learning progress of the three people.

Adjust the teaching content for the three people. In this way, Li Hao felt that he was making continuous progress in understanding the scriptures.

Ten days passed quickly, and Li Hao ushered in his first holiday. Yan Fu originally invited Yan Jingwen and Li Hao to go shopping in Yangzhou City and have a small gathering.

But Li Hao had made an appointment with his parents in advance, and at this time, he was obsessed with asking his parents about selling soap. However, Yan Jingwen saw that Li Hao was not going and did not want to go out, so he stayed in the academy to study.

On the day of the retreat, Li Hao arrived at the gate of the academy early in the morning and happened to see Li Jian and Wei Shi waiting there.

Li Hao didn't have time to learn yet, so when Mrs. Wei saw Li Hao, she said: "My son has lost weight again, but studying in the academy is hard."

Li Hao lowered his head and looked at himself. He always felt that the thinness in his parents' eyes was different from his own. But he could only comfort him: "No, everything is fine in the academy. The two senior brothers also take good care of me. It's not hard."

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Wei wanted to say something else, but Li Jian said first: "Don't say it here for now. Hao'er definitely doesn't have anything delicious to eat in the academy. Let's find a restaurant for Hao'er to eat some good food."

Because the academy is located in a quiet area and there are no big restaurants around, the three of them walked to the market. On the way, Li Hao asked, "How are the soap sales these days?"

Li Jian smiled and replied: "The sales were very good. Your mother and I demonstrated it directly at the market. When others saw the effect, many people bought it. The more than two hundred yuan you made originally has been

I sold them all, and later I made another batch and sold almost all of them. Your mother and I have roughly calculated that, excluding the cost, we have earned roughly six or seven taels of silver, which is less than half a year ago. And now I know

There are more and more people, and we are selling more and more these days, and now we are making the third batch."

Li Hao listened and smiled and replied: "That's the case, we can actually expand production. My father has to do it alone and sell it in the city. It's okay now. I can barely keep busy. I'll wait for more people to use it in the future."

If there are too many, you will definitely be busy. Then it is better to prepare in advance. As long as you have the remaining money in your hand, you can recruit some people to do the work and increase the production to prevent people from buying out the goods in the future. However, confidentiality is also very important.

The alkaline water and salt water inside must be prepared by my father in private first. If someone else does it, just give him the ready-made ones. This will ensure that others cannot learn the specific methods."

After Li Hao finished speaking, he thought for a while and said: "Another important thing is to buy a shop in the city. After all, if your business is big, you must have a front. You can't just set up a stall in the market all the time. And in the future.

We also need to make soap, which is to be sold to officials and wealthy households. Selling it in the market would be inappropriate."

After hearing this, Li Jian asked curiously: "What is soap? What is the difference between it and soap?"

Li Hao replied: "Soap is an advanced product of soap. Soap is used for washing clothes, but soap is used for bathing and washing the body. After washing, the body is not only clean, but also fragrant. As for the method, it is different.

It’s difficult. Once the sales of soap are completely increased, we can start making soap. I will give you the recipe then, and you can just follow it."

Just as he was talking, after rounding a bend, he saw a bustling street several feet wide. There were shops, restaurants, teahouses and houses on the street. There was an endless stream of cars and horses. There were many small stalls and hawkers shouting loudly.

Minor tunes were playing one after another, making it very noisy. At this time, Li Hao saw a restaurant, which happened to be the restaurant where the oil was changed. So Li Hao said, "Why don't we go into this restaurant." Li Jian, the Wei family also

No objection, the three of them walked in. It was still early, and there were not many people in the restaurant. There were two or three tables of people here and there. A waiter came to lead the way up to the second floor.

Sit down by the window.

This was the first time Li Hao entered an ancient restaurant, so he looked around curiously. He saw that the restaurant was divided into three floors, with the first and second floors being an ordinary lobby. There were thirty or forty tables, and the walls were covered with hangings.

There are calligraphy and paintings. The middle of the second floor is empty. You can see the platform in the middle of the first floor. It should be used by singers or storytellers. It should be very early at this time, so no one is there. The third floor is separated.

I can't see clearly what the decoration is in the private room, but I think it must be much more gorgeous than the one below.

At this moment, the waiter looked at the three of them carefully and asked, "I wonder what dishes the guests would like to order."

Li Hao then asked: "Do you have a menu here, or can you introduce to me what special dishes you have here."

After hearing this, the waiter said: "As for the specialty dishes, our specialty include lion head and three sets of shelduck. The price is not expensive, it costs two taels of silver in total."

After listening, Li Hao thought to himself that this was a joke on me. He really only respected Luo Yi but not others. But he didn’t reply. He just asked Wei what Li Jian wanted to order. Wei probably felt something, but Li

Jian didn't hear it and said directly: "Then just order both, and then serve two side dishes."

After hearing this, the waiter bowed and left. Li Hao then smiled and said, "Father, you are so generous this time. I am willing to give up two taels of silver."

Li Jian replied: "Even if you can make money now, it is still appropriate for your mother and you to have a good meal occasionally."
Chapter completed!